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Radioactive shrimp? US warns Walmart buyers to discard frozen shrimp

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has halted imports from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati (BMS Foods), an Indonesian shrimp supplier, after detecting cesium-137, a radioactive isotope, in a shipment of frozen raw shrimp. The FDA announced on August 19 that U.S. Customs officials identified the contamination in a container, which was prevented from entering U.S. commerce.
The shipment was bound for cities including Los Angeles, Houston, Savannah, and Miami.“FDA detected Cs-137 in a single shipment of imported frozen shrimp from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati that did not enter U.S. commerce,” the FDA stated.
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